What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[PaulD]

Death Proof - "There are certain movies where you hang out with the characters so much that they actually become your friends. And it’s a really rare quality to have in a film – and it does rarely happen, and usually those movies are quite long because it takes that long of a time to get past the movie character to where you actually feel you know the person and you like them… When it’s over, they’re your friends" --Quentin Tarantino on Jackie Brown.

This is how I feel about Death Proof which is, to me, the ultimate 'hanging out' movie

[trebor8273]

The house of seven corpse

Know a lot of people like this but it didn't really do anything for me. 5/10

Well time to decide between

Phantasm 2
Jess Francos Jack the Ripper
Last house on the left krug and company cut

[SShaw]

Crap weather and a too watch pile that was very close to my self-imposed limit of 10 meant that I watched three films this afternoon/evening.

First up was The Community on German blu. I liked this micro-budget British film when it screened in the discovery strand of last years Fright Fest. Amore detailed review can be found over on my diary thread.

Then I watched One Hour Photo which I first saw at the Edinburgh Film Festival back in 2002. This is a film that I have trouble with. The first half is incredible and very uncomfortable viewing, but then somehow Robin William's character somehow becomes the hero (or at least heroic). In that respect it is similar to Woodsman. It seems that the directors of both films don't have the balls to follow through on there initial idea.

Finally Eden which I picked up whilst in Hamburg a couple of weeks ago due to the comparisons made between it and The Seasoning House on this very board. While the subject matter is similar, I am not sure that the two films deal with the theme in quite the same way. For my money Seasoning is a far more disturbing and uncomfortable viewing. Eden however was good enough and a good end to an enjoyable day on the sofa.

Due to a combination of work and the Oldenburg film festival I probably won't have time to watch any further blu's or DVD's until after next weekend

[Make Them Die Slowly]

TALES FROM THE CRYPT: RITUALS. A f*ck awful remake of "I Walked With a Zombie" with Jennifer Grey and Tim Curry! Utter tripe and full of racial stereotypes from another age. Avoid.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by keirarts

There was little wrong with JJ abrahams Star Trek films. They injected some much needed mainstream credibility into the franchise without trashing the established continuity. Unfortunately for some people Star Trek should always be the Next gen take on the setting and anything that deviates from that is unacceptable. They don't seem to realize that until these films came along the franchise was dead in the water (barring some kickstarter funded dvd project) the continuity was bogging everything down and scaring off new fans and frankly Trek had long since become stale. The rot for me set in with the god awful deep space 9, I remember switching over to Babylon five and getting depressed at how much better the young upstart show was.

When I saw the first JJ Abrams Star Trek film I hadn't (and still haven't) seen a single episode of the TV series or any of the films all the way through. I really enjoyed it and thought Into Darkness was another really strong sci-fi-action-adventure movie with some good humour and excellent visual effects.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

When I saw the first JJ Abrams Star Trek film I hadn't (and still haven't) seen a single episode of the TV series or any of the films all the way through. I really enjoyed it and thought Into Darkness was another really strong sci-fi-action-adventure movie with some good humour and excellent visual effects.

That's the thing. The new Trek films were designed to be well made crowd pleasers free from the baggage of previous Trek films and series.

The trek fans voting it "the worst movie of the trek franchise" was just pathetic. If people care that much they even made the new films alternate universe so the exisiting series continuity is just fine and dandy for the hardcore fans. There are a lot of far worse Trek films out there, most of the Next gen movies after first contact for starters. These films were designed to bring in newcomers to the franchise and get people who normally would not watch trek to actually give it a go.

I was raised in a household where the show was on all the time and I really appreciated the new films for rescuing a franchise that was all but dead. Sadly its some of the whinier more childish elements like the ones who voted against the new film that are part of the reason the series was failing so badly.

DC and Marvel continually hit the cosmic reset button to keep things fresh. There is no good reason Trek cannot do the same.

[JoshuaKaitlyn]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

When I saw the first JJ Abrams Star Trek film I hadn't (and still haven't) seen a single episode of the TV series or any of the films all the way through. I really enjoyed it and thought Into Darkness was another really strong sci-fi-action-adventure movie with some good humour and excellent visual effects.

You haven't seen a single episode? You must be the only one on the planet who hasn't? You and that Amazon tribe from deep with the rainforest interior!

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by JoshuaKaitlyn

You haven't seen a single episode? You must be the only one on the planet who hasn't? You and that Amazon tribe from deep with the rainforest interior!

I don't think I've seen an episode all the way to conclusion, either. It's not really my thing.

I have seen some of the films though, just not the new ones.

[Vipp]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

I don't think I've seen an episode all the way to conclusion, either. It's not really my thing.

I have seen some of the films though, just not the new ones.

I haven't seen a single episode or the films, i have played a game on the Amiga but i didn't do to well... my fiancee loves the series with the bald headed bloke the most, she is always watching it.
I always loved the sound of Star Trek as a story but the execution of the program never managed to keep my attention for more than a few lines. for me it's a little like the chocolate bar Turkish Delight... It's everywhere so someone must be buying it, but i just don't see much in it myself.

[Hammer time]

I was forced to go and see The Conjuring it was shite.